Vertical Nabs Domestic Rights to Daisy Ridley's Post-Apocalyptic Thriller 'We Bury the Dead'

Ahead of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Vertical has acquired North American rights to post-apocalyptic thriller "We Bury the Dead." The film stars Daisy Ridley ("Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens"), Brenton Thwaites ("Titans"), Mark Coles Smith ("Mystery Road: Origin"), and Matt Whelan ("Narcos"). Written and directed by Australian filmmaker Zak Hilditch ("1922," "These Final Hours"), the story unfolds after a catastrophic American military experiment results in mass casualties across Tasmania. Ava (Ridley) joins a body retrieval unit to help identify . . .